In which we look at the easiest-to-fix accessibility issue of them all.

This article originally appeared in the fortnightly Inclusive by Design newsletter, a 5-minute piece of thoughtful and actionable advice on accessible and inclusive practices that I ran between June 2019 and May 2020.

The mystery of the missing language

109 words about professional — 07:00 · 6th May 2020

This one will be brief as we look at the easiest-to-fix accessibility issue of them all:

Telling the computer what language your website is in.

Frankie is following a trail of foot prints that lead to a foot stump. Illustration by Carlos Eriksson.
“Where did that language go?”

Use the hreflang Tags Testing Tool to test your website and make sure you’re declaring what language it’s in but also that it’s the correct language.


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